S/HeThis brave memoir chronicles Pratt’s struggle to overcome the repressive traditions of Southern womanhood and live her life honestly. It chronicles her youth, her marriage, her eventual decision to come out as a lesbian, and her life with transgendered activist and author Leslie Feinberg. Minnie Bruce Prattis the author ofWe Say We Love Each Other,Rebellion,Crime Against Nature,Walking Back Up Depot Street, andThe Dirt We Ate. |
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Page 55
... touch my father ; he has a cigarette in one hand , the other hangs loosely . The absence of touch in our house . What did she want that she could never get from him , or give , a sensation that she never let herself imagine ? Whose ...
... touch my father ; he has a cigarette in one hand , the other hangs loosely . The absence of touch in our house . What did she want that she could never get from him , or give , a sensation that she never let herself imagine ? Whose ...
Page 134
... touch . " I answered , " I came from a house where I was never touched . My wound is the absence of touch . " As we cried our bitter tears , the windows curtained with mist . No one on the outside could see us sitting close together ...
... touch . " I answered , " I came from a house where I was never touched . My wound is the absence of touch . " As we cried our bitter tears , the windows curtained with mist . No one on the outside could see us sitting close together ...
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... touch . No feeling in them unless a lover used rough touch and teeth . Now you pull me to you as we enter the dance , walking through the cavernous hall like an old pavilion by the sea . You grip my waist between your hands and sway me ...
... touch . No feeling in them unless a lover used rough touch and teeth . Now you pull me to you as we enter the dance , walking through the cavernous hall like an old pavilion by the sea . You grip my waist between your hands and sway me ...
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